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Silvia Boarini
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Islam sits upright on the edge of the sofa in her living room. "I was born in Aida camp," she says, "but my family is from Beit Natiff, in 1948."
To Islam, to the 5,000 refugees populating Bethlehem Aida Camp and to most Palestinians, 1948 is not a date. It is an impossible place, which ceased to exist but where everything is still better, greener and tastier.
A place called 1948
From the Palestinian perspective, it's as if in 1948 Pandora's box was open and from it jumped out the partition of Palestine, the declaration of the State of Israel, displacement, war, failed peace, occupation and intifadas. For refugees especially, everything that came after that date has been a temporary adjustment while waiting for the 'real deal', the right of return to what was before: to pre-'48.
Significantly, Islam's house is in the Beit Natiff neighbourhood of Aida camp, named after the village from which most of her neighbours were evacuated during the Nakba. Like most Palestinian refugees, Islam has never been to her family's village, but memories painstakingly passed on by her parents and grandparents, keep images and sensations of it alive in her imagination.
Any memory of a better place remains a much-needed release in this densely populated 0.71 kilometer square area, where narrow alleyways and tall buildings try to carve out impossible spaces to glimpse at the sky. Refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza are home to the poorest section of the population and often also the youngest. Unemployment rates in Aida camp are reported to be at 70%.
Aida is one of many places neighbouring the Apartheid Wall, which went from being the gateway to work in Israel to being a prison virtually overnight. Following the construction of the Wall, which has not only drawn arbitrary borders on the land but has cut off entire communities from their financial lifelines, be it Israel or Jerusalem, households in Aida have literally seen their views of green fields replaced by dull concrete and their incomes shrink.
Despite the numerous fruitless 'efforts' of the international community, and the PA and Israel at mapping a road that would lead to 'the end of the occupation', the will to go on somehow never leaves a Palestinian. It still sits at the bottom of that Pandora's box. Some call it hope; some call it Beit Natiff.
Noor Aida
Just like impoverished refugees the world over, in Palestine residents of camps are regarded with a mix of sympathy, mistrust and downright contempt. And even more so than life in towns and cities, life in the camps seems to happen in a parallel universe where time has stood still, society has remained more conservative and people struggle to move forward while waiting to 'return'.
In Aida, though, there's a group of women who are advancing quietly along that fine line between a heavy past and an uncertain future. They are moving forward one meal at the time.
Traditionally confined to the home, women have been bearing silently much of the psychological pressure of the occupation and remain on the margin of the national political discourse. At grassroots level though, they are often the head of a 'home front resistance', busy reviving camp life, improving their conditions and provide a better environment for their children.
"It was difficult at the beginning but we have all changed a lot since the project started," explains Islam adjusting her kitchen apron as a small child hangs off one of her legs. "There is more unity among the women, there is better communication in the family and the children have benefited too."
Islam is 32 and has six children, the oldest of whom is 12 and has cerebral palsy. The project she refers to is Noor Aida, a women's empowerment effort which began 2 years ago and targets women with disabled children.
There are four foreigners sitting with Islam in her living room from Italy, Germany, Belgium and Holland. They are here to learn how to make Mujaddara - a typical Palestinian dish consisting of lentils and rice. Islam will teach the class with the assistance of Sandra, one of the international volunteers who helped set up the project.
"We wanted to help the situation in the camp," explains Sandra on the origins of Noor Aida. Following the advice of the camp director, the volunteers looked to focus on women with disabled children. "They are the most vulnerable, they are tied to the home more than other women and are under a greater strain," continues Sandra.
The project aims to carve out a space for women in Aida where they can exist not in relation to someone else, as mothers, wives or carers, but as 'women' enjoying a little time for themselves.
Noor Aida started off as a simple mother's club but quickly evolved to an income generating empowerment project. It was understood at an early stage that stable financing was key to ensure that progress made at the mother's club could be sustainable.
Initially, it was private donations that kept the project alive. For example, money from friends in Europe bought a commode chair to bathe disabled children. But private donations are erratic in nature and may create long-term dependence, so it was agreed that the women should take control, become entrepreneurs and generate enough income to run a self-sufficient project.
The cooking classes were the answer. These are enabling women like Islam to contribute to the family income, improve the lives of their disabled children and better their own position within family and wider society.
The fee for the class is NIS 60. The women pay themselves NIS 50 for a day's work and the rest is poured into the project. Every three months the women meet and set a goal for how to use the money saved up. So far they have been able to pay for a group trip to a spring near Hebron and buy winter clothes for the children.
The power of Mujaddara
In Islam's kitchen, the 'students' are busy chopping onions and learning the secrets to a perfect Mujaddara. Soak the rice for a couple of hours and the lentils too in hot water. Then cook the lentils until 'al dente'. This, Islam explains, will later reduce the lentils cooking time to match the rice's. Islam imparts her instructions in English and is helped by her sister in law, Rania.
The project has offered them a space in which to be leaders, practice English, grow confident and bring about change. Sandra explains that the women have changed dramatically. "Take Islam," she says, "she used to be shy and not confident around other people. Now her whole appearance has changed."
Despite the fact that the project started with 15 women and now is down to an active core of 5, it is the women who have stayed on who now own this project and run it. It has become sustainable empowerment. The women, the men and the 150 people who have attended cooking classes in Aida over 2 years, can attest to that.
Back in the kitchen, rice, lentils and spices are covered in water and the pan is put on a medium fire. In another pan, the onions are fried in plenty of olive oil. Meanwhile, the students get to try their hand at making flat bread. While Rania stretches the dough in mid air with movements made perfect by practice, the students quickly realize the importance of the table in front of them. Results are nonetheless impressive.
Given the benefits reaped, slowly but surely the project has also been pushing husbands to shift, however slightly, their perception of traditional gendered roles. Sandra confirms that some husbands have come a long way by simply allowing their wives to be part of this.
"At the beginning we thought we might not be able to start with the classes," reminisces Sandra. "Husbands were talking on behalf of their wives and taking decisions for them. It was a long process but we have manage to build a trusting relationship."
In the midst of the preparations, Islam's husband makes an appearance and cites the fact that the project is good for his children as the factor that swayed him in favour of allowing his wife to take part. "People are one," he says, "we are all the same and we can all work together and exchange experiences."
"If you see the results of this project," he adds, "you understand that it is good. Other husbands may not like the idea simply because they have not yet had a chance to see the results."
Whether last year he would not have allowed a male student to take part in the cooking classes, now he looks forward at meeting foreigners. "It's all work for humanity," he says, citing building bridges as a way to peace. "It's about connecting with people and nations. Insh'allah it will bring peace."
Aurelie, a student from Belgium, agrees. "This project is a great way to meet locals and learn how to cook," she says. "It also offers a more relaxed setting in which to discuss the political situation."
As lunch is served, content silence descends upon the living room. The rice with lentils is accompanied by homemade yogurt, and salad. The bread, made by the students is an undisputed success.
Islam proudly looks over the fruits of the day's work. Four internationals are enjoying a traditional Palestinian meal in a traditional Palestinian house, her house.
She is still amazed by this and she is extremely happy to play a part in a foreigner's experience of Palestine. "Most of the people who come here have only seen Palestine on TV but have had no experience of daily life," she explains. "Here they can see with their own eyes what life is like. And at the end they do this," she says raising her thumb, "and always say 'Palestinians are ok'."
She is already looking forward to the next lessons because, she says smiling, "they give me space." Noor Aida has opened a new window for her in the crowded camp. The view is not of Beit Natiff but nonetheless of good things to come.
Classes in Aida take place on Saturdays, twice a month. For further info visit the project's website: http://noorweg.wordpress.com/the-project/
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Alex McLeish has left his role as Nottingham Forest manager by mutual consent, the npower Championship club have confirmed.
Recent reports speculated that McLeish was considering his future at the City Ground after little over a month at the helm.
The Scot was left frustrated after missing out on several transfer targets last month - most notably Peterborough winger George Boyd whose move to the east midlands was scuppered by a failed eye test.
And a bad week for McLeish was capped on Saturday with a 2-1 defeat at his former club Birmingham, where both Blues goals were scored by another player he tried to sign - Chris Burke. It is thought the reason behind McLeish's decision to leave Forest is interference from the club's Kuwaiti owners, the Al-Hasawi family, in team affairs.
McLeish, who replaced Sean O'Driscoll as manager on December 27, said via a statement on the club's official website, nottinghamforest.co.uk: "I am extremely saddened to be leaving after such a short period.
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"Both parties entered into the relationship in good faith. However, there was a difference in the understanding of the development strategy of the football club and it was felt by both parties that we should part company."
When the Al-Hasawis completed their takeover of the club in the summer they outlined a three-year vision to get Forest back into the Barclays Premier League. However, after a 4-2 home win over Leeds on Boxing Day left the Reds within touching distance of the play-off places, they changed their plans to target top-flight football this season.
The surprising decision to sack O'Driscoll was made that evening with the Kuwaitis stating their intent to appoint a manager with Premier League experience. Former Birmingham and Aston Villa boss McLeish was hired the next day but the Scot, in a brief 40-day tenure, won only one of his seven matches in charge and lost five.
Reds chairman Fawaz Al-Hasawi said: "I'm bitterly disappointed - as is Alex - that it has not worked out as we had hoped when he became our manager and I would like to put on record my thanks for his services to the club and wish him every success in the future."

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While in previous events each of these large headlines possessed a sub-heading and a detailed focus text for the panelists to address, the conference took much broader strokes, allowing freer interpretation of those topics. Content therefore took shape horizontally through the confluence of individual perspectives, geared by participants rather than through top-down direction.
I moderated the final themed panel of the conference, "Life;" interpreting this title became a springboard into the discussion. In my introduction I emphasized the fact that anything "life"-like can also be construed as a form of labor: particularly the practices of artistic representation, self-representation, and representational politics presumably at stake in this conference on digital society.
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The case is the result of Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's order last week that county elections officials should not accept provisional ballots if they include incomplete information on the type of identification the voter used to obtain the ballot.
"The directive is issued to provide uniformity across Ohio's 88 county boards of elections," Husted wrote.
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They contend that Husted's directive violates a recent court decision on provisional ballots and is contrary to statements made by Husted's legal team at an Oct. 24 hearing. In their filing, the attorneys say the responsibility for writing down a voter's form of identification "unambiguously rests squarely with the poll worker under Ohio governing statutes."
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"If the margin of victory for either candidate is less than the outstanding number of provisional ballots, we won't actually know who won Ohio and perhaps the presidency until Nov. 17," said Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.
Ohio's system for verifying registered voters has also come under fire after 33,000 applicants for absentee ballots were wrongfully denied their requests. They were told that they were not registered to vote when, in fact, they were.
State officials blamed the oversights on a data-sharing problem with the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
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"We know that targeting potentially violent offenders is a key to preventing crime," Johnson said in a prepared statement. "I'm gratified that the IACP recognizes the results we've achieved with this program, and proud of our officers and our partners in state law enforcement."
In 2010 and 2011, county police made 150 arrests through VPI, including 60 people described as "high-ranking gang members."
Division of Parole and Probation agents now have desks at police headquarters in Baltimore County, the city and Prince George's County.
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Where To Get Professional Nutrition Advice
Stephen Barrett, M.D.
If you have a question about nutrition, the most convenient source of information may be your physician, a local dietitian or home economist, or a local college or university nutrition department.
If your doctor is interested in nutrition, he or she may be a good place to start. The principles of nutrition are those of human biochemistry and physiology, courses required in every medical school. Although many medical schools do not teach a separate required course in nutrition, this does not mean that the subject is ignored. Many medical educators prefer that nutrition be included in other courses at the point where it is most relevant. In addition, most medical schools offer an elective course in nutrition.
Medical training, of course, does not end on graduation day. The medical profession advocates lifelong education, and physicians can further their knowledge of nutrition by reading medical journals, discussing cases with colleagues, and attending courses. If your doctor is unable or unwilling to provide what you need, you can be referred to someone who will—usually a registered dietitian.
Nutrition Credentials
Many accredited universities offer nutrition courses based on scientific principles and taught by qualified instructors. A bachelor's degree in nutrition requires four years of full-time study that qualify a graduate for entry level positions in dietetics or food service, often in a hospital. A master's degree, which can widen career opportunities, requires two more years of full-time study beyond the undergraduate level. People who wish to become nutrition researchers usually pursue a doctorate (Ph.D.) in biochemistry, which requires at least two years of additional study plus a thesis based on original laboratory research. Those wishing to concentrate on teaching or educational research usually seek a Ph.D. or Ed.D. degree in nutrition education.
Regular membership in the American Society for Nutrition—formerly called the American Institute of Nutrition and the American Society for Nutritional Sciences—is open to open to any individuals with a doctoral-level degree (Ph.D., M.D., D.D.S, D.V.M., D.Pharm, etc.) in nutrition or a related field from an accredited institution with notable accomplishments as an author of a nutrition publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
Nutritionists at the doctoral level may also seek certification. From 1984 through 2001, certification was offered by by the American Board of Nutrition to specialists in clinical nutrition (M.D.'s only) or human nutritional sciences (M.D.'s and Ph.D.'s). Since 2001, physician certification has been available from the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists (ABPNS), Board certification requires passage of comprehensive examination. Most board-certified nutritionists are affiliated with medical schools and hospitals, where they conduct clinical research and offer consultation to primary-care physicians.
Registered dietitians (R.D.s) are specially trained to translate nutrition research into healthful, tasty diets. The R.D. credential is available to individuals who obtain a bachelor's degree in nutrition accredited by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) (formerly called the American Dietetic Association), complete an approved dietetic internship, and pass a comprehensive written test covering all aspects of nutrition and food-service management. To maintain their credential, they must also participate regularly in approved continuing education programs. Although completion of a masters degree or Ph.D is highly desirable for nutrition professionals, it is not required to become a registered dietitian. Most active R.D.s work in hospitals. Typically, they counsel patients and conduct classes for pregnant women, heart and kidney patients, diabetics, and other persons with special dietary needs. Dietitians are also employed by community agencies such as geriatric, day- care, and drug/alcohol abuse centers. Some dietitians do research. Others engage in private practice where they counsel physician-referred clients. The AND also has a certification process for advanced-level practitioners and for specialists in renal (kidney), pediatric, and metabolic nutrition. Unfortunately, many members of the academy's Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine (DIFM) Practice Group are not only offering services that are highly questionable but also appear to be outside the legitimate scope of dietetic practice.
The Certification Board for Nutritional Specialists (CNNS) was founded by the American College of Nutrition (ACN) in 1993. It originally offered a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) credential only to professionals with an accredited master's or doctoral degree who have clinical experience and pass an examination. In 2009, it severed its connection with ACN and became an independent nonprofit organization. In 2010, it opened its certification process to people with a degree in medicine, dentistry, chiropractic, naturopathy, and several other health disciplines. CBNS's certification requirements remain substantial but less than those of the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists.. In addition, it is not clear how rigorously they investigate their applicants. Many CNS holders have distinguished nutrition credentials. However, I know of at least two people who became certified even though their "Ph.D" degrees came from a nonaccredited correspondence school.
Most conditions for which detailed nutrition advice is needed require medical diagnosis first. These include high blood cholesterol, diabetes, severe food allergy or sensitivity, high blood pressure, certain digestive problems, osteoporosis, severe kidney disease, cancer, and obesity. Consultation with an expert can also be worthwhile for pregnant and lactating women, competitive athletes, and individuals who feel confused about nutrition.
Questionable Credentials
A Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) credential is offered by the Clinical Nutrition Certification Board (CNCB), an organization founded in 1991 to provide credentialing to nutrition professionals who might not be eligible to become registered dietitians or to be certified by the American Board of Nutrition. Although some members are qualified and practice appropriately, both CNCB and its sponsoring organization (the International and American Associations of Clinical Nutrition) include promoters of highly dubious practices among their leaders and members. Although some members are qualified and practice appropriately, CNCB's required clinical nutrition course promotes the use of homeopathy, dubious laboratory tests, detoxification, herbology, homeopathy, and alternative cancer therapies and several its recommended reference books advocate highly dubious practices.
American Health Science University offers a Certified Nutritionist (CN) credential to students who complete its six-course "distance learning program" and take an examination. Although accredited, it is closely aligned with the health-food industry and should not be regarded as trustworthy. Its president, James R. Johnston, does not appear to have a accredited doctoral degree.
The American Association of Nutritional Consultants issues a Certified Nutritional Consultant (CNC) credential to persons who take an open-book test. The CNC credential should be regarded as bogus.
The Society of Certified Nutritionists (SCN), established in 1985, includes Certified Clinical Nutritionists (CCN), Certified Nutritionists (CN), and Certified Nutrition Consultants (CNC) among its members. SCN membership should be regarded as a sign of poor judgment.
Beware of Unqualified Individuals
Because the titles "nutritionist" and "nutrition consultant" are unregulated in most states, they have been adopted by many individuals who lack recognized credentials and are unqualified. In addition, a small percentage of licensed practitioners are engaged in unscientific nutrition practices. The best way to avoid bad nutrition advice is to identify and avoid those who give it. I recommend steering clear of:
- Anyone who says that everyone needs vitamin supplements to be sure they get enough. Most people can get all the vitamins they need by eating sensibly.
- Anyone who suggests that most diseases are caused by faulty nutrition. Although some diseases are diet-related, most are not.
- Anyone who suggests that large doses of vitamins are effective against a large number of diseases and conditions. That is simply untrue.
- Anyone who suggests hair analysis as a basis for determining the body's nutritional state or for recommending vitamins and minerals. Hair analysis is not reliable for this purpose.
- Anyone who claims that a wide variety of symptoms and diseases are caused by "hidden food allergies"
- Anyone who uses a computer-scored "nutrient deficiency test" as the basis for prescribing vitamins. There are valid ways that computers can be used for dietary analysis. But those used for recommending vitamins are programmed to recommend them for everyone.
- All practitioners—licensed or not—who sells vitamins in their offices. Scientific nutritionists do not sell vitamins. Unscientific practitioners often do—usually at a considerable profit.
Additional Information
- Why "Nutritionist" Licensing Is Important
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (dietetic programs)
- Tufts University (nutrition science for communications professionals)
This article was revised onOctober 14, 2012.


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Four Barrel Coffee in San Francisco had something of a problem with loud customers being all "hipstery" and annoying the neighbors, so they posted a notice kindly asking hipsters to shut the hell up. Only a few days later, the sign had to be amended to include another forbidden act which had suddenly become popular: Instagramming the sign.
The whole situation is a bit absurd, and it's likely the Instagram ban is at least somewhat in jest, but Four Barrel Coffee is known for its less-than-accommodating stance towards technology. There's no outright ban on tech, but the shop refuses to offer Wi-Fi—practically a given these days—in hopes of keeping things low-tech and low-key. It might not be a bad idea, considering how hellish a coffee house can be when too many people are trying to use it as an office. One thing is for sure, this Instagram "ban" is probably just going to result in a lot of pictures of that sign on Instagram. [TechCrunch]


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We had a heck of a gullywasher last night. The ground is wet and the air is almost humid enough to drown you.
I took my Diamondback Outlook (ticking bottom bracket and all!) to the mall. This is going to be a low-miles week. The rain didn't cool it down much, but I'd bet it'll make for suffocating conditions this evening. Now where'd I put my stillsuit?
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
We had a heck of a gullywasher last night. The ground is wet and the air is almost humid enough to drown you.
2 comments:
- Apertome said...
I'm not sure I've heard the term "gullywasher" before, but I like it.
Don't feel bad, you've ridden a lot more miles this week than I have.
- August 09, 2007 1:25 PM
- Noah said...
In Indiana? Just a few states over from me?
Obviously it means an impromptu strong storm that dumps a bunch of water, then vanishes. It started raining about 11:30 PM, and it was clear skies above by 5:00 when I got up.
- August 09, 2007 1:36 PM
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text: Radley Lakes public inquiry, 20th - 22nd June Lynda Pasquire | 12th July 2007 The continuing story of one community's struggle against nPower who are still planning to fill Thrupp lake with ash from their Didcot coal-fired power station. nPower faces prosecution over tree felling 2nd April 2007 Electricity geneator nPower is facing prosecution over its actions at Radley Lakes in Oxfordshire. Radley Lakes Mark Anslow | 23rd March 2007 nPower is preparing to fill an Oxfordshire beauty spot and cradle of biodiversity with pulverised fuel ash. The Ecologist Online is running an ongoing investigation into their activities... Still Waters Run Deep Paul Kingsnorth | 1st November 2006 Npower, owner of the UK's third largest coal-fired power station, says it will have to black out two million customers if it can't fill this lake with poisonous ash. Paul Kingsnorth investigates Subscribe to Npower


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In many of the worlds oceans, currents carry debris and pollution originating from coastlines. This waste accumulates in regional gyres, where ocean currents meet, and can reach extremely high concentrations. Plastic is estimated to account for 60-80% of this debris, and is known to be gradually broken down by solar energy and the mechanical action of the sea. This means the majority of the plastic waste are several millimetres in size or less, which has made efforts to clean them from the ocean largely unsuccessful. These tiny plastic fragments - microplastics - enter the digestive systems of resident organisms, which are affected either by the physical size of the plastic or its toxicity from adsorbing organic pollutants.
UCL iGEM proposes a synthetic biology approach for the bioremediation of micro-plastic pollutants within the marine environment, with emphasis on regions of excessive debris accumulation, such as the North Pacific 'garbage patch'.
We intend to engineer Escherichia coli and marine bacteria Roseobacter denitrificans & Oceanibulbus indolifex to degrade plastic, or aggregate it into islands.
Module 1: Detection
Detection of Plastic as a Trigger for Module 2 (Aggregation)
Our Detection Module will allow our bacteria to detect the presence of plastic. This serves to control the production of our adhesive – Curli (Module 2) – which binds non-specifically to an extraordinary array of surfaces. By producing adhesive only when plastic is present, we prevent our bacteria binding to non-plastic materials.
Aggregation Module
Curli expression for the aggregation of plastic and production of biofilm
The Aggregation Module will enable our bacteria to construct islands from smaller plastic fragments. To do so we will transform our bacterium with a gene cluster for an adhesive protein called Curli. As Curlis are non-specific in the surfaces they bind, we also have Module 1 to ensure they are produced only in the presence of plastic
Plastic Degradation
Multi-copper oxidase/Laccase for the degradation of polyethylene and other plastics
As an alternative to Island Formation Modules (Modules 1 and 2), we are also developing an alternative solution – Degradation of plastic. This will investigate enzymes expressed by numerous organisms that have been demonstrated to degrade plastics.
Buoyancy Module
Temperature dependent buoyancy for localisation of engineered bacteria within the water column
The Buoyancy Module is key to both the Degradation (Module 4) and the Island Formation systems (Module 1 and 2). Buoyancy is required to position our bacteria in the water column, alongside the plastic fragments, and also to enable them to buoy the plastic aggregates (Module 2).
Salt Tolerance
irrE a global regulator from Deinococcus radiodurans for increased salinity tolerance in E. coli BBa_K729001
A core module for our project is enabling E.coli to tolerate the salt content of the ocean; without this ability E.coli could not survive in a marine environment. Due to the widespread use of E.coli as a chassis for Synthetic Biology this Module is being developed to demonstrate that E.coli, as well as marine bacteria, could be used as the chassis for this project.
Containment Components
UCL iGEM 2012 addresses fundamental barriers to the implementation of traditional biological containment systems.
A novel threefold active biological containment system BBa_K729010, BBa_K729009
As our project proposes the release of genetically modified bacterium into the environment, we feel it is necessary to contain the risk of spreading genetic information by horizontal gene transfer. To do so we are suggesting a trio of protective systems – consisting of two toxin/anti-toxin pairs - Colicin-E3/Colicin Immunity E3 and Holin/Anti-Holin endolysin– and an excreted nuclease.
Nuclease from Staphylococcus aureus for genomic deletion BBa_K7290011


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Quanta Services Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell Its Telecommunications Subsidiaries to Dycom Industries for $275 Million
Transaction Enables Further Focus on Electric Power & Pipeline Infrastructure Markets
Nov 19, 2012, 05:45 ET
HOUSTON, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its telecommunications subsidiaries to Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY) for approximately $275 million in cash, subject to final adjustments. The subsidiaries included in the transaction comprise substantially all of Quanta's domestic telecommunications infrastructure services operations. Quanta intends to use the proceeds of the transaction to support its ongoing strategic growth initiatives primarily associated with electric power and pipeline infrastructure and for general corporate purposes. The required waiting period under the Hart-Scott Rodino Act has expired, and subject to customary conditions, the transaction is expected to close by December 31, 2012. Stephens Inc. served as financial advisor to Quanta Services in the transaction.
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"Significant electric power infrastructure investments are anticipated in North America and worldwide over the next several years, and the development of North American energy resources from conventional and unconventional formations will require major infrastructure expansion. This transaction enables Quanta to further strategically focus on energy infrastructure markets, which we believe will undergo substantial development in the coming years," said Jim O'Neil, president and chief executive officer of Quanta Services. "Dycom Industries is a leader in the telecommunications infrastructure industry, and we are pleased that our telecommunications infrastructure services employees will be part of a high-quality organization once this transaction is completed. Further, I want to recognize Ken Trawick, who has been with Quanta since 1999 and has served as the president of our telecommunications operations since 2004, for his leadership and dedication to Quanta. We wish him well as he works with Dycom to ensure a smooth transition of operations. I would also like to thank all of our telecommunications employees for their significant contributions to our organization over the years."
The subsidiaries in the transaction account for substantially all of Quanta's domestic telecommunications infrastructure services operations. The trailing twelve month revenues through September 30, 2012, associated with these subsidiaries were approximately $535 million, which includes approximately $34 million for services performed within Quanta's Fiber Optic Licensing segment and approximately $39 million of revenues from other Quanta segments. After closing the transaction, Quanta plans to disclose the estimated financial effects of the transaction on this year's fourth quarter and full year 2012 results.
Quanta Services is a leading specialized contracting services company, delivering infrastructure solutions for the electric power and natural gas and pipeline industries in North American and in certain international markets. Quanta's comprehensive services include designing, installing, repairing and maintaining network infrastructure. Additionally, Quanta licenses point-to-point fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure in certain markets and offers related design, procurement, construction and maintenance services. With operations throughout North America and in certain international markets, Quanta has the manpower, resources and expertise to complete projects that are local, regional, national or international in scope.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release (and oral statements regarding the subject matter of this release) contains forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the "safe harbor" from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated timing of and the completion of the sale of Quanta's telecommunications subsidiaries (the "Transaction"); the impact of the Transaction on projected revenues, earnings per share, margins, capital expenditures and other projections of financial and operating results; expectations regarding our business outlook, growth or opportunities in particular markets; Quanta's strategies and plans; statements reflecting expectations, intentions, assumptions or beliefs about future events, and other statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Although Quanta's management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. These statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions and by a variety of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict or beyond our control, including, among others, the possibility that one or more closing conditions for the Transaction may not be satisfied or waived, the effects of disruption from the Transaction; variations in operating results; the effects of industry, economic or political conditions outside of the control of Quanta; adverse economic and financial conditions, including weakness in the capital markets; trends and growth opportunities in relevant markets; and other risks and uncertainties detailed in Quanta's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, Quanta's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012, and any other documents that Quanta files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Should one or more of these risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are current only as of this date. Quanta does not undertake and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For a discussion of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, investors are urged to refer to Quanta's documents filed with the SEC that are available through the company's website at www.quantaservices.com or through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering and Analysis Retrieval System (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov.
Derrick Jensen, CFO
Investors - Kip Rupp, CFA
Media - Reba Reid
Quanta Services, Inc.
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Those in North America got to do this days ago, but for a lot of other people, the PS4 is something they haven't been able to get their hands on. Until today.
At time of posting it's been on sale in Australia for just over nine hours (I bought mine at the most subdued midnight console launch in world history), while those in Europe - PlayStation heartland - are only a few hours away from getting in on the action.
If that's you, and you're about to brave the weather to jump into the next-gen, good luck! And if you see anything awesome, let us know!


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In my last post before I went on a blog rest I talked about a Feng Shui blunder caused by our excitement while we're on a vacation or a leisure trip or tour. I shared with you the bad luck that my friends and I experienced because of our innocent trip to the Ming Tombs. I also shared the story of a former officemate who went to Egypt entered a pyramid and had a series of bad luck.
I received some email inquiring what are the Feng Shui, Buddhist and/or Taoist amulets that one need to protect oneself from the negative effects of a Yin dominant place like cemeteries, tombs, morgues. I debated whether to share those amulets here because as I mentioned at the end of the post, it is better not to tempt fate and just completely avoid these Yin dominant tourist spots. While I'll most likely share the said amulets in a future post, because a hospital is also a Yin dominant place, I believe for now it is important that everyone understands that amulets may help but nobody can tell whether it would be enough so again – IT IS BETTER NOT TO TEMPT FATE AND JUST AVOID ENTERING YIN DOMINANT PLACES. You can just simply admire it from the outside.
Having said that I would like to share with you how to cure should you accidentally enter a Yin dominant place while you're on a trip.
First thing you can do is to go a restaurant before you go back to your hotel. Ask for a rock or sea salt. Put some on your head and throw some on your back before you go back to your hotel.
When you get back to your hotel, ask for a sea or rock salt and take a salt bath. A cup of salt in a bathtub will do. Just soak yourself for about 5 minutes. More if you want to relax, but 5 minutes is the minimum amount of time. If possible light some candle and place it beside you while you're in the tub. Use red, yellow, orange, or pink candle. Don't use white.
Before going to sleep recite one full mala (108 times) of the Mantra of the Medicine Buddha – TADYATHA OM BHEKANDZYE BHEKANDZYE MAHA BHEKANDZYE BHEKANDZYE RADZA SAMUGATE SOHA. If you want to know more about the Medicine Buddha do read my post entitled – MEDICINE BUDDHA: A HEALER, PROVIDER, AND PROTECTOR OF BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL REALM.
If possible, try to go out and have some small party with your tour group.
Also, on the particular day that you made a Feng Shui blunder of entering a Yin dominant place, do sleep with the lights on that particular night.


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10 Gorgeous Christmas Bokeh Photos
Bokeh is beautiful. You know the dreamy, blurry background in photographs? Christmas tree light bokeh, though, is truly something else. I'm going to try this tutorial on how to create Christmas tree light bokeh with my camera once we get the tree finally up. Check out these gorgeous Christmas bokeh photos!
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Chavez ally travels to Cuba to see ailing leader
The president of Venezuela's National Assembly traveled to Cuba on Thursday to visit President Hugo Chavez, who is recovering on the island more than seven weeks after undergoing cancer surgery.
The trip by National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello was announced on television by Vice President Nicolas Maduro.
"He should be landing in Havana already, taking a message of ours, taking a group of subjects to keep consulting (with Chavez) on various issues relating to the country's political, social development," Maduro said. He said that among those matters was the development of a coalition of pro-Chavez parties.
Chavez hasn't appeared or spoken publicly since before his Dec. 11 operation for an unspecified type of pelvic cancer.
The government provided its latest update on Chavez's health on Saturday, saying he had overcome a severe respiratory infection and was beginning additional medical treatment.
Venezuelan Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said when he gave that update that it remained unclear how soon Chavez could return home from Cuba. He said Chavez had started "systemic medical treatment for the fundamental illness."
Medical experts say that could refer to a new round of chemotherapy or other drug treatments, depending on the type of cancer Chavez has.
The Venezuelan leader has undergone repeated surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatment since June 2011.
The 58-year-old president won re-election in October, and lawmakers indefinitely put off his Jan. 10 inauguration in a decision that was condemned by opponents but upheld by the Supreme Court.


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The Bakery (a CakePHP site) has announced the release of CakePHP 2.0, a major shift in the framework with some very large changes to bring it up to the level of other full-stack frameworks currently offered for PHP.
The CakePHP core team is very exited to announce a major jump in the version numbering. CakePHP 2.0 stable is out! we have put endless hours into this release and great ideas have made it into the the framework for this version. [...] The overall CakePHP ecosystem has also been improved. [...] A huge thanks to all involved in terms of both contributions through commits, tickets, documentation edits, and otherwise contribute to the framework. Without you there would be no CakePHP.
Some huge changes have happened in this release including:
- Dropping PHP4 support
- Use of more native PHP functions
- PSR-0 compliance
- Object injection for libraries/components/helpers/etc
- Console tools completely rebuilt
- A move to PHPUnit tests (away from SimpleUnit)
- HTML support in form helpers
- Lazy-loading on just about everything making the overall experience faster
- Several new plugins like: DebugKit, Datasources, MongoDb, Migrations and AclExtras
They've created a few resources to help you get started with this new version including a new version of the book, a screencast and a migration guide.


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Paragraphs are fun and interesting things to read. I love paragraphs so much that I am writing an article about them right now! There are lots of good things about paragraphs that you should know, and in this article, I will tell you all about them. For example, most articles are composed of paragraphs. This is the sentence at the end of a paragraph.
I don't like how this next paragraph is starting. I may go back and fix it later, but I probably won't. That last sentence was a self-reference, as is this sentence. Do you want me to make another self-reference? Didn't think so. That was a reference to you, the reader. As was that last sentence.
This is the third paragraph in this article about paragraphs. There are usually at least three or four sentences in a paragraph. There will be six in this one. You don't believe me? Trust me, I know everything about this article. That's why they call me the Author.
Now we will talk about how paragraphs are made. There is
always usually at least one main point to be made in a paragraph. For example, the author of this paragraph is always the brains behind it. Well, not if you count the author of this one. That guy doesn't actually have the required equipment. Just like me. I have just proved that it is possible to refer to myself in the third- and first-person consecutively.
This might be a really good article after I'm done. Maybe I'll win something? If I did win something, it would probably be a cookie. Cookies are made of dough. I, however am not, since they're not paying me to write this. Of course, you aren't getting paid for reading this either. And if you are, I'll find out and let my one-eyed dog rip out your spleen. Or your throat. Or I'll just rip your spleen out through your throat and get it all over with.
Why am I still writing this? More importantly, why are you still reading? Well since I am still writing, and you are still reading, I should end this thing before it becomes a novel. What a novel idea, to stop an article from becoming a novel. I should write a poem about it, but i won't. I suck at poetry. I hope some of this is making sense to you, because unlike you, I'm wasting my time being productive, as opposed to just wasting time.
This is just about where I run out of things to say about paragraphs. If I was, at any point, talking about paragraphs. If I wasn't, then I just hope you got something out of this. Maybe I'll do this again sometime! It's been lots of fun, but we all have to say goodbye.


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"ESPN apologizes for the incident and is taking steps to avoid it in the future." That was SportsCenter anchor Jorge Andrés last February, apologizing on behalf of ESPN for Max Bretos's use of "Chink in the armor" when discussing possible weaknesses in Jeremy Lin's game. Perhaps you recognize Andrés from last Thursday night?
Yep, the guy who apologized for Bretos's live interview did the exact same thing in a highlight package. I wonder what those "steps to avoid it in the future" are?


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